Hood for firearm-sights.



v W. 0. FRENCH. HOOD FOR FIREARM SIGHTS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25, 1910.

Patented Mar.?, 1911.

WILLARD O. FRENCH, OF CLINTON, WASHINGTON.

HOOD FOR FIREARM-SIGHTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 25, 1910.

Patented Mar. 7, 1911.

Serial No. 545,938.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLARD O. Fnnxcir, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Clinton, in the county of Island and State oflvashington, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hoods forFirearm-Sights, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hoods for tire arm sights, and has for anobject to provide a hood which is especially designed for use inconnection with the rear sight of a rifle and associated with respectthereto to shield it to an extent from such light reflections that mighttend to mar the purpose of the sight and render it objectionable inaccurately sighting the front sight.

In the drawing, forming a portion of this specification and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views:Figure l is a detail side elevation of a portion of a. rifle showing myimproved hood applied to the rear sight thereof. Fig. 2 is a transversesection taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspectiveView of the hood.

My improved hood is designed particularly for use in connection with therear sight upon the well known IVinchester rifle but it is obvious thatit is adapted for use in connection with rifles or other fire arms inwhich front and rear sight-s are employed. The rifle 1 herein shown hasits barrel provided with a rear sight 3, the same being of suchconstruction that it may be adjusted in a vertical plane and also in aplane longitudinally of the barrel. The member 4 or those portions ofthe side edges of the member a which extend outwardly beyond the sidesof the top surface of the barrel, as shown at 4: in which the slide orsight piece 3 is mounted is provided with arcuate edge portions orportions of any other suitable configuration which will permitconvenient and quick attachment of the hood to the barrel. The hood 5 ispreferably formed from a single piece of sheet material, prefstamped. toprovide longitudinally extend ing side walls 6 whose lower edges arebent to form inwardly directed flanges 7 which are adapted to fitbeneath the arcuate edges of the member 4-. The side walls (3 of thehood are connected by a top member or crown 8 which extendslongitudinally of the barrel and is disposed immediately above the sightpiece or slide 3 in suitable spaced relation thereto. A retaining andstopforming screw 9 is operatively connected with the side walls (3 ofthe hood and is adapted. for operation to move the walls toward eachother and into clamping engagement with the ar'cuate surfaces of thesaid member -l.

The hood 5 as herein shown and described is extremely simple inconstruction and it may be applied readily to the barrel of a the arm ofany form where it. is desired to exclude the light from the sight. Theuse of the article when associated with the rear sight excludes to adesired extent such light "ays as would tend to blur the vision of theshooter and prevent his accurately finding the front sight. Inassociating the hood with the rear sight the former is moved onto thebarrel from the rear thereof until the adjusting screw abuts against thesight, after which the screw is adjusted to hold the hood operativelyapplied to the barrel.

I claim:

The combination with a barrel and a sight therefor, the said sightincluding a member whose side edges extend beyond the sides of the uppersurface of the barrel, of a hood detachably engaged with the barrel andcomprising a member having a crown portion above the sight. anddisposed. longitudinally of the barrel, and spaced side portions extending downwardly at the sides of the sight and formed at their loweredges to provide longitudinal clamping flanges for engagement ben aththe said outwardly extending side portions of the member of the sight,and a combined clamping and stop forming screw passing through the saidside portions erably metal, and as shown, the material is 1 of the hoodand adjustable therein to move the side portions to a position to causethe In testimony whereof I aflix my signature flanges thereof to beclamped against the in presence of two witnesses.

said outwardl extendin side oortions of the member oi the sight, thesaid crew being WILLARD FRENCH" 5 designed to engage the member to limitthe Witnesses:

movement of the hood in one direction on J. SALISBURY,

the barrel. MARTHA I. SALISBURY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

